Kannak's AnkletMy new book, " Kannaki's Anklet " is now available - Kannaki’s Anklet is an effort to bring theTamil epic Shilappadikaram , by Ilango Adigal, to alarger audience and in a relatively easy prose format. While the epic has beentranslated by eminent scholars...

The (In)famous Mumbai SpiritTheidea of writing this is not to provoke, but to spark a debate. Awaken what isdormant and recognise the real virtue. Allof us Mumbaikars feel a pat in the back when we hear or read phrases like –‘the indomitable spirit of Mumbai’, ‘Mumbai bounces back...

Does a society learn from its past?Does a society learn from its past? Past mistakes to be precise? Hasour nation learnt from the gut-wrenching incident of a Nirbhaya on a fatefulnight of December 2012? Have rapes and murders of women stopped? Have thechanges in law brought any respite to...

LoveIt’sthat time of the year, when love is in the air, as goes the cliché. Today allwill be talking of love, love and more love. For the last five years or so, Ihave been telling love stories in my Blog and thought I would do the same thisyear, but then I ...

SatyavatiLaunching my second book, " Satyavati " the much forgotten and often sidelined woman from the epic Mahabharata who was responsible for changing the course of destiny of many a character in the epic! Check it out on the Readify app https://play.google.com/ s...

The Yadavian ConflictConflict between a father and a son is nothing new. See it from agenerational conflict or a conflict of times, one has seen many in history andmythology. Freud has given a psychoanalytical interpretation to this conflictand considers it to be innate in e...

Am looking out for the precise source of following description mentioned in English translation by Pradip Bhattacharya:"We are everlasting lover and beloved. We never separate. We are eternally husband and wife; never do we become mother and father. No offspring is seen in our lap. We are lover and beloved ever-embracing. In between us we do not permit any third creature demanding affection. Our life is a life of perpetual pleasure. 71"Although the book mentions this to be present in Khandava-vana Parva of Mahabharat, but the episode of Lapita getting the above boon is not present in the entire Khandava-vana Parva. If you could throw some light or suggest any reference of Lapita in Mahabharat or any other scripture to track down the above verse, it'll will highly appreciated.

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Why shouldn’t I complain?As a child, if I felldown and hurt myself or was upset about something and complained or cried, Iwas stoically told to learn to bear it, sahankarna sikho , and stop whining and complaining. Earlier, I was expected tokeep quiet as the ability to bear pai...